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The ivory satin wedding gown, designed by Howard Greer, is decorated with applique scrolls composed of tiny pearls edging the bodice, tiny pearls dotting the bodice, a row of silk-covered buttons at the back which disguise the zipper closure, slightly dropped waist and long flowing skirt with very extended train. Along with a firm wired loop-shaped coronet with very extended tulle veil and train, ivory satin pearl-encrusted gloves and an Alencon lace handkerchief. The designer, Howard Greer, a 1920s costume designer for Paramount, opened his own couture studio in 1927, specializing in fine personal couture for actresses and society women, including this wedding gown for Shirley Temple which encompassed his favored look of fitted torsos with stunning accents. Also included is a wedding book with certificate of marriage, two vintage photographs of Shirley in her wedding gown, and the 19" x 15" wedding album with gold lettered cover "Shirley Temple - John Agar September 19, 1945", containing 12 large-format 15" x 11" photographs of Shirley in various wedding scenes including the entire wedding party. The photographs are each ink signed Curtis, and the album bears the symbol of Curtis Studios, Los Angeles which was founded in the 1930s by Edward Curtis, famed for his photographic studies of Native Americans. $